[GRASS-user] Digitising cursor in 6.4

[Richard]

hamish_b at yahoo.com wrote:
> Richard wrote:
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>> I've finally installed a more recent
>> version - Version 4, RC5 running under OpenSUSE and Puppy
>> Linux (I use both, from time to time).
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>> V.digit used to use a "crosshair" style cursor, but this
>> has been changed to a much chunkier version, which is (IMO)
>> sub-optimal for accurate work. Is this fixable?
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> I believe that has to do with the OS upgrade, not the GRASS upgrade.
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> Such things are controlled at the X-Windows level. You'll notice that
> `gv` and other apps get the "cute" but fat & useless crosshairs as well.
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> see if SuSE has a xcursor-themes or libxcursor package. "man Xcursor"?
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> On Debian to get back to the basic X11 cursors I had to install the
> xcursor-themes package then run (as root)
>   update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
> and select "core" instead of "Industrial" as the desired theme.
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> I am pretty sure that SuSE does not use the /etc/alternatives system
> that debian does so you'll have to figure out how to change that.
> perhaps edit/symlink /usr/share/cursors/xfree/default/index.theme ?
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> Also note that I'm using the rawish Fluxbox- KDE and Gnome may have their
> own user settings which override that for you.
>
> If you figure it out, please post the solution as it might be a nice thing
> to have in the archives/wiki.
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> Hamish
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Hamish,

Thanks and sorry for not noticing this sooner ... I am between OSs and 
haven't synched mailboxes properly yet.

I'll take a look at alternative cursors at the OS level and report back 
... probably on the weekend.

Richard